Satanus is clearly correct. Even Paul himself said at 1 Corinthians 9:7: "I pummel my body...."
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A THORN IN HIS ASS?
by Mecurious? ini have a question about the apostle paul.
in 2cor 12:7 he talks about a thorn in his flesh.
i have never been able to get a good answer on this.
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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...currently...
by Surreptitious intruth is not that which can be demonstrated by the aid of logic.
if orange-trees are hardy and rich in fruit in this bit of soil and not that, then this bit of soil is what is truth for orange-trees.
if a particular religion, or culture, or scale of values, if one form of activity rather than another, brings self-fulfillment to a man, releases the prince asleep within him unknown to himself, then that scale of values, that culture, that form of activity, constitute his truth.
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Perhaps philosophy and authorin' books aint this guy's calling?
lol! Well, he's French so maybe something got lost in the translation...
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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...currently...
by Surreptitious intruth is not that which can be demonstrated by the aid of logic.
if orange-trees are hardy and rich in fruit in this bit of soil and not that, then this bit of soil is what is truth for orange-trees.
if a particular religion, or culture, or scale of values, if one form of activity rather than another, brings self-fulfillment to a man, releases the prince asleep within him unknown to himself, then that scale of values, that culture, that form of activity, constitute his truth.
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Truth is not that which can be demonstrated by the aid of logic. If orange-trees are hardy and rich in fruit in this bit of soil and not that, then this bit of soil is what is truth for orange-trees. If a particular religion, or culture, or scale of values, if one form of activity rather than another, brings self-fulfillment to a man, releases the prince asleep within him unknown to himself, then that scale of values, that culture, that form of activity, constitute his truth. Logic, you say? Let logic wangle its own explanation of life.
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When will non-annointed men serve on the Governing Body?
by logansrun inthe society has many doctrines and practices which are plainly wrong.
nonetheless, little dogma is, from an organizational standpoint, in serious need of change -- except one.
for the society to continue any form of credibility with it's followers it will have to change it's understanding of who can lead the organization, in other words, who can become members of the governing body.
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As was mentioned, many on the GB are "replacements" (being born after 1935 or very close to 1935). If GB seats continue to be filled by "replacements", this would be a plausible solution to the masses and could continue for quite some time if not indefinitely.
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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...
by Surreptitious in"i'll be honest about it.
it is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics.
doubt is useful for a while.
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Jo, I finished this book ages ago and forgot to let you know. This book is as kgfreeperson describes, however I recommend it. Read it and you'll see why...I think.
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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...
by Surreptitious in"i'll be honest about it.
it is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics.
doubt is useful for a while.
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I'm an agnostic JW. I knock on your door and have no idea why.
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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...
by Surreptitious in"i'll be honest about it.
it is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics.
doubt is useful for a while.
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I too am closer to being agnostic than anything else. I've only just started this book and may hate it when I'm done, but so far it's interesting.
Jo, it's "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel.
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I thought I'd share a bit of the book I'm reading...
by Surreptitious in"i'll be honest about it.
it is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics.
doubt is useful for a while.
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"I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."
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This is hot!
by Surreptitious inelsewhere died and was taken to his place of eternal .
torment by the devil.
as he passed sulfurous pits .
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Elsewhere has a heart attack and dies. He goes to hell where the
devil is waiting for him.
"I don't know what to do here," says the devil.
"You're on my list but I have no room for you, but you definitely have
to stay here, so I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I've got 3 people
here who weren't quite as bad as you. I'll let one of them go, but you
have to take their place. I'll even let YOU decide who leaves."
Else thought that sounded pretty good, so he agreed.
The devil opened the first room. In it was Valis and a large
pool of water. He kept diving in and surfacing empty handed over and
over and over. Such was his fate in hell.
"No!" Else said. "I don't think so. I'm not a good swimmer and don't
think I could do that all day long"
The devil led him to the next room. In it was Ona with a
sledgehammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that
hammer, time after time.
"No! I've got this problem with my shoulder. I would be in constant
agony, if all I could do was break rocks all day!" commented Else.
The devil opened a third door. In it, Else saw Watson lying on
the floor with his arms staked over his head and his legs staked in
spread eagle pose. Bent over him was Doodle, doing what she
does best. Elsewhere looked at this in disbelief for a while and
finally said,
"Yeah, I can handle this."
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BRADLEY!!!!! You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Toast!!!!
by imallgrowedup inokay, you little bomb dropper!
everything was just going fine in chat until you came in and decided to start talking politics!
then, after you got the pot all stirred up to a boil, you removed your skinny butt and left the rest of us in there to duke it out!
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a thread that will keep the Brad busy with remonstrations and denials---instead of all that high-brow stuff he usually does.
LOL! Yeah Brad, what would Gottlob Frege have to say about this?